Click to play videoIsrael:Tchompy a loggerhead sea turtle, injured himself after getting entangled in a fishing net, he is now recovering at the Israel Turtle Rescue Center after undergoing the emergency operation.
Veterinary surgeons inserted a metal plate and screws into the turtle's fin so that it wouldn't have to be amputated.
Yaniv Levy of the Israeli Sea Turtle Rescue Center said Tchompy is approximately 15-years-old, suffered severe injuries to his front fins after being entangled in a fishing net.
The turtle underwent emergency surgery in Israel on February 22 to reconstruct one of his fins, but the other fin had to be amputated.
The center says if Tchompy continues to recover well, the turtle could be released back to the Mediterranean Sea later this year.
Loggerhead sea turtles like Tchompy have an estimated life-span of 70-100 years, Tchompy would have had to spend the rest of his life in captivity if both his front fins were amputated, added Levy.
(With inputs from Reuters)
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